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- ** Programmer's Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC **
- ─────────────────────────┤ Registered User Version ├───────────────────────────
- Copyright (c) 1987, 1991 Dave Williams
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- This is a listing of some of the new stuff added to the Reference. I don't
- keep a version list; whatever copy you have is what the current version was
- when you placed your order.
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- 09/87 first shareware release of the reference
- 11/87 LIM 3.2 functions
- 01/88 LIM 4.0 spec
- 05/88 AST EEMS 3.2 spec
- 06/88 DesQview and TopView calls, NetBIOS calls
- 07/88 Intel CAS 1.0 spec
- 12/88 Microsoft XMA 2.0 standard
- 03/89 Microsoft Windows 1.03 API
- 04/89 porting between operating systems
- 04/89 video programming
- 04/89 more networking
- 04/89 mouse programming
- 04/89 table of contents at beginning of each chapter
- 06/89 major bugfixes and verification of data
- 09/89 Microsoft TSR Programming Guidelines 1.0 (provisional)
- 10/89 PharLap VCPI 1.0
- 10/89 LANtastic network API
- 10/89 PC-MOS/386 4.00 partial API
- 10/89 partial DesQview and TopView
- 10/89 further updates to MS Windows API
- 12/89 PCjr cartridge support in DOS
- 12/89 more info on European multitasking DOS 4.0
- 12/89 added some paint program formats
- 12/89 info on computer viruses and Trojan Horses
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- 06/90 expanded sysid ID codes in Chapter 2
- 07/90 add Connor Peripheral drives to Appendix 6
- 07/90 add Imprimis drives to Appendix 6
- 08/90 Weitek x167 math coprocessor interfaces
- 10/90 info on Pelican/Kodak 5.5mb 5-1/4 floppy drives
- 10/90 added info in IBM PC LAN and Token Ring API
- 11/90 int 10h functions for EGALOAD font loader, LANtastic AI-LANBIOS 2Fh
- calls, CopyIIPC board ports, UMB definition in Chap2, updated appendix
- 11 (glossary), added new Appendix 21 (hotkey definitions), completely
- reworked partition tables in Chapter 8
- 12/90 added more network functions from IBM PC LAN reference
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- 01/91 EISA access ports, more Carbon Copy int 10h calls, more history of
- DOS, changes to partition table info in Chapter 8, more info on
- IRQ7/int17, more info on eDOS 4.0, Pelican I/O ports, CopyII board I/O
- ports, added network info to int 21h calls, added DOS 1.x info to int
- 21h calls
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- 04/91 several bugfixes
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- 06/91 DOS 5.0! Also information on various graphics formats
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